Submit comments on revised proposed policy on open access for theses and dissertations

The Office of the President invites comments on a revised proposed Presidential Policy on Open Access for Theses and Dissertations.

Numerous submissions were made in response to the draft policy during the first system-wide review. Reviewers provided a number of different suggestions for improving the draft policy. This revised draft is responsive to those comments and addresses the following key issues:

There is currently no system-wide uniformity or policy for ensuring open access to UC graduate students’ theses and dissertations. This policy will provide system-wide consistency for these works.

Allowance for embargoes that delay the date theses or dissertations are made available in an open access repository.